1986–87 Highland Football League

The 1986–1987 Highland Football League was expanded to eighteen teams when Cove Rangers, formerly of the North Juniors was elected in.^[1]

Highland League

Season	1986–1987
Champions	Inverness Thistle
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,135 (3.71 per match)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

It was won by Inverness Thistle, and Ross County finished bottom.

Teams

Brora Rangers

Buckie Thistle

Caledonian

Clachnacuddin

Cove Rangers

Deveronvale

Elgin City

Forres Mechanics

Fort William

Fraserburgh

Huntly

Inverness Thistle

Keith

Lossiemouth

Nairn County

Peterhead

Ross County

Rothes

Location of teams in 1986–87 Highland Football League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Inverness Thistle (C)	34	27	6	1	96	30	+66	87
2	Caledonian	34	25	6	3	114	31	+83	81
3	Elgin City	34	21	7	6	93	33	+60	70
4	Keith	34	21	6	7	89	39	+50	69
5	Buckie Thistle	34	20	8	6	84	37	+47	68
6	Forres Mechanics	34	18	9	7	53	34	+19	63
7	Peterhead	34	18	7	9	67	45	+22	61
8	Cove Rangers	34	17	6	11	79	58	+21	57
9	Huntly	34	16	6	12	60	63	−3	54
10	Lossiemouth	34	10	7	17	54	77	−23	37
11	Fort William	34	9	6	19	44	76	−32	33
12	Nairn County	34	9	6	19	48	92	−44	33
13	Fraserburgh	34	9	5	20	48	63	−15	32
14	Rothes	34	10	2	22	54	99	−45	32
15	Brora Rangers	34	7	6	21	43	86	−43	27
16	Clachnacuddin	34	6	4	24	42	84	−42	22
17	Deveronvale	34	6	4	24	36	96	−60	22
18	Ross County	34	5	3	26	31	92	−61	18

Source: Scottish Football Historical Archive - Highland League Final Tables
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions